The Centre for Political and Sociological Education at the Seminar for Social Sciences

The core functions of the Centre for Political and Sociological Education (in German: Zentrum für politische und soziologische Bildung Siegen, POLIS) are:

• Creating institutional connections between the different members of the Seminar for Social Sciences active in teacher training for social sciences
• Organizing the curricula, internships at schools and other institutions, and practical semester for the MA courses in educational studies
• Pooling research interests, projects, and proposals in the area of political education and educational research at the Seminar for Social Studies
• Creating a central port of call for all students on teaching training courses for social sciences and establishing an alumni network
• Setting up forums (conferences, seminars, Internet, informal gatherings) to explore different subject-specific and subject-teaching themes in social sciences
• Initiating collaborations with regional and transregional education providers 

Looking forward, the Centre for Political and Sociological Education is supposed to function as a further education centre for teachers and thus also boost the profile of the university’s activities in the region.